Improvement in clothes-sprinklers



J. E. NEW. j Clothes-Sprinkler;

Patented April30;1878i.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. NEW, 0F BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTH ES-SPRINKL ER'S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,187, dated April30, 1878; application filed October 3, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. NEW, of Binghamton, in the county of Broomeand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSprinklers for Clothes or other purposes, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specification, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 isaplan view of the same, with dotted lines for showing the movement ofthe device when in use and Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section.

The object of my invention is to furnish a device by which thesprinkling may be accomplished by an equal distribution of drops orspray of water over the surface of the clothes in a convenient andexpeditious manner; and the invention consists in the attachment of ahandle to a vessel, made in the form of the ordinary rose forsprinklers, in such a manner that by a quick side movement of the rosethe water shall impinge the upper perforated face of the rose, and beejected upward and over the edges of said vessel in the form of drops orspray.

The construction and operation of the device will hereinafter be fullydescribed.

A is the rose or vessel, which is made in the usual form. The face a isperforated for receiving and discharging the water, and the lowersections for holding it.

B is the handle, which is attached near the apex c, at a right anglewith the axis of the body of the rose A, as shown by Fig. 1 in thedrawing. This handle is made hollow, having a communication, 0?, withthe interior of the vessel, which allows of alarger space for the waterwithout increasing the size of the body of the rose. The handle shouldbe made of sufficient length to give the required vibratory movement tothe rose A.

When I use the device, I first fill it by inserting it vertically into avessel of water, which enters the vessel through the perfora- I thentake it by the hantions in the face a.

dle B, holding it in a horizontal position, with the face a upward. Itis then rapidly vibrated laterally, which causes the water to impingeupon the perforated sides of the rose, and to be discharged in the formof drops or spray over the surface of the work, as shown by Fig. l inthe drawings.

I am aware that sprinklers dependent upon a perpendicular vibration ofthe rose have been used; but by my device, dependent upon 'a horizontalmovement, the operation is much more effective, owing to the ejection ofthe water by each motion, while by the downward motion it is onlyejected by one motion.

I do not claim, broadly, a hand-sprinkler with a perforated rose orface, for I am aware that such are in use, having the ordinary handlefor operating them, and having relatively larger holes than theperforations through which the water is ejected for admitting it intothe vessel, as in the patent dated March 19, 1867, No. 63,107, alsoJanuary 18,. 1859, No. 22,669. In the latter case the vessel is filledby pouring in the water through an orifice, which is then closed by theaction of a spring.

My device simply consists of a double conical vessel, A, having aperforated face for receiving and ejecting the water, dispensing withadditional openings for the reception of the water, and the hollowhandle B, as before described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The double conical clothes-sprinkler A, having a perforated face forreceiving and ejecting the water without additional openings, providedwith a hollow handle, B, connecting with the interior of the vessel A,constructed and operated as herein described, for the purpose set forth.JAS. E. NEW.

Witnesses:

JAMES W. ELLIs, J O. RoBIE.

